Market Falls 1.80% on Week as All Three Indices Retreated
Taiwan Stock Exchange released its latest statistics. Affected by international markets and sector rotation, for the week ending October 30, Year 115 of the Republic of China, the Capitalization Weighted Stock Index closed at 45211.83, down 829.60 points from 46041.43 on October 22 last week, a weekly decline of about 1.80%. Over the same period, the Taiwan 50 Index closed at 41783.92, down 1.61%, and the Formosa Stock Index closed at 49949.91, down 1.88%, with all three indices weakening together.
Shipping Rises Against Trend, Optoelectronics Weakest With 8.31% Drop
By industry performance, the Non-Finance Index fell 852.20 points, or 2.09%; the Non-Electronics Index fell 77.19 points, or 0.29%; and the Non-Finance Non-Electronics Index fell 235.46 points, or 1.36%. Among industry indices, the best performer this week was the Shipping index, rising 1.49% against the trend; the worst was the Optoelectronics index, down 8.31% on the week.
Semiconductors Account for Over 36% of Turnover to Rank First
In terms of market trading activity, total turnover on the centralized market this week reached NT$3 trillion 5396.88 billion, of which turnover of all listed stocks was NT$3 trillion 2167.94 billion, with a stock trading turnover rate of 2.01%. By industry for listed stocks, the top three by turnover were all electronics and semiconductor groups: first was semiconductors, with turnover of NT$1 trillion 1805.41 billion, accounting for 36.70% of all listed-stock turnover; second was electronic components, with turnover of 8791.09 billion, accounting for 27.33%; third was optoelectronics, with turnover of 2398.18 billion, accounting for 7.46%.
Glass and Ceramics Turnover Most Active at 11.15%, Market Value Falls Below 150 Trillion
In terms of turnover rate, first place was glass and ceramics at 11.15%; second was information services at 8.92%; third was optoelectronics at 8.08%. Cumulatively from the market opening at the start of this year to date, over 198 trading days, total turnover on the centralized market has reached NT$197 trillion 8550.32 billion, with average daily turnover of 9992.68 billion, a stock trading turnover rate of 155.74%, and an average daily stock turnover rate of 0.79%. In terms of overall market value, as of October 30, Year 115, the total market value of all listed companies was NT$148 trillion 257.56 billion, down NT$2 trillion 6896.17 billion from NT$150 trillion 7153.73 billion on October 22 last week, a decrease of about 1.78%. The Exchange noted that the above are preliminary data, and trading data temporarily exclude block and foreign-currency trades on the last trading day of the week.